Oksa thinks she is a totally ordinary 13-year-old schoolgirl... but, in fact, she has amazing magical powers. And she doesn't know anything about these magical powers until the day her true origins are revealed to her by her grandmother. Oksa's adventures start when she moves, with her parents and her Baba (grandmother), from Paris to London. Her best friend, Gus, also moves to London at the same time as Oksa because their fathers (both chefs) want to continue working together in the same restaurant.

Oksa and Gus start secondary school together and, on their first day, meet a bizarre maths and physics teacher called Mr McGraw. After a difficult lesson with him, Oksa detests Mr McGraw and she returns home from school feeling upset. And then strange things start happening... a ball of flames appears in the palm of her hand which sets her doll on fire... and then she starts to fly around the room, but doesn't know how or why!

Oksa confides in her grandmother about these weird events and her grandmother is forced to explain everything to Oksa. She and her family are not from Earth - they actually come from a parallel world called Edefia. They're trying to get back to Edefia, but the only person who has the magical powers to achieve this is Oksa.

Will Oksa manage to find the correct path back to Edefia for her family? And who is the creepy Mr McGraw?

The Oksa Pollock books are available to read in French, German, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, Polish, Swedish... but not yet in English! Hopefully you won't have to wait too long to become "Pollockmaniaks", especially as there's a film due out in 2012 or 2013. Meanwhile, you can read about Oksa in English here and watch a subtitled video about the book, which features the authors, Anne Plichota and Cendrine Wolf.

So when "Pollockmania" arrives in the UK, remember you read about it here first!